page_title: Petrogradsky Island
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Petrogradsky Island / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: SPbSU ITMO main building
context_page_description: Petrogradsky Island
  is the third largest island in the Neva River delta
  in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  Along with Zayachy Island, Aptekarsky Island, and Petrovsky Island,
  it constitutes the Petrogradskaya Side
  .
  It is the administrative center of the Petrogradsky District and hosts a number of universities and research centers, as well as cultural,
  historical, and recreational facilities.
context_section_description: Petrogradsky Island is the home of several noted universities, science and research institutes.
  The Saint Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University, located at 6/8 Leo Tolstoy Street, was founded in 1897 as the first Russian medical institute for women.
  The Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics is one of Russia's leading technical universities.
  The A. F. Mozhaisky Military Space Engineering Academy (13 Zhdanovskaya street) is a polytechnical military educational institution and space research center.
  Of historical interest is the Cruiser Aurora, the oldest commissioned ship in the Russian Navy and a symbol of the October Revolution of 1917.  A museum since 1956, it is anchored in the Bolshaya Nevka, near the Sampsonievsky bridge.
  Just north of the Kronwerk, in the former Aquarium Gardens, the first motion picture was shown in Russia in 1896, at what is now Lenfilm Studios
  The island also houses the Baltic House Festival Theatre,
  the Yubileyny Sports Palace,
  the Saint Petersburg Planetarium
  and the Leningrad Zoo.
caption: State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
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